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zma? - 12/8/2007 4:55:21 PM

aolson

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i am an athelete training for football at the college level, i read that zma would be really beneficial. i was thinking replacing a casein protein supplement for zma.. is this a good idea? keep in mind im not lifting for bulk necessarily, im lifting for strength with a lot of combination lifts and explosion style lifts.

so this is my stack right now... please critique me on it

ON 100% Whey GS
opti-men multivitamin (animal pak is just too expensive and too many pills)
sci-fit glutamine powder
ON ZMA
Universal Shock Therapy
Universal Storm
efa's (borage, flax, fish oil)
ON BCAA 1000
-maybe musclemilk or ON 100% casein- if i should use this with the zma

* i might remove the bcaa, im thinkin ill get enough from my protein (let me know if i should keep it or not)

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RE: zma? - 12/8/2007 7:14:26 PM

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just add it to your stack... key is not to drink anything that has calcium in it, with the Zinc. I would say "JUST ADD", take about 30-45 minutes before you have your casein/milk product.

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RE: zma? - 12/9/2007 2:30:51 PM

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like joez said, just add it....when I used zma, I took it 1 hour before bed and took my casein shake right before bed

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RE: zma? - 12/9/2007 8:40:27 PM

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so did zma really work for u guys well at all?

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RE: zma? - 12/10/2007 10:50:56 AM

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the biggest thing I noticed about ZMA is that I got way better sleep. I was out like a rock, always felt refreshed in the morning. I felt like I recovered better, but as far as balancing out hormone levels, I couldn't tell

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RE: zma? - 12/10/2007 11:33:32 AM

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If you take optimen then zma won't do anything for you since it has 30mg of zinc in it. You only need it if you're deficient.

And the better sleep is from magnesium.

ZMA is one of the biggest rip offs in the supplement industry.

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RE: zma? - 12/10/2007 12:07:55 PM

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yes the better sleep I experienced was from the magnesium, and like I said it doesn't do much besides that, odw77 is right its not really worth it...thats why I only used one bottle of it

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